SCF: Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers (Series Tied 3-3) Hold onto your butts, Game 7, Monday 8/24 @ 8pm ET !

[Leonardo87]

**Stanley Cup Final**
Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers

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[5Hollywood5]

You had way too much optimism. 59 minutes to spare.

and it took you an hour to write that!

 

[WaitingForUser]

You’re up against a Bettman baby that Daddy Campbell’s son is a part of. A team that is also the best forechecking team in the NHL.

I pray for your souls.

Oilers have found the recipe just kill every penalty

 

[TD Charlie]

I thought Edmonton would get wrecked by the Canucks...and also Dallas

Thought Florida would have a harder time with Tampa/Boston, and get wrecked by the Rangers

I give up trying to figure out these two teams, and have accepted that they are just that f***ing good. Hoping for a great series.

 

[Senor Catface]

Oilers have found the recipe just kill every penalty

NHL coaches finally figuring this out.

 

[ijuka]

Rangers had everything Edmonton does sans McDrai. They had Shesterkin. Still got beat in 6 (should have been 5 games max).

I don't see how this is a good matchup for Edmonton.

What? The teams are nothing alike. For example, Rangers have had poor advanced stats, while Oilers have had amazing ones. Oilers have had amazing PP, Rangers terrible. Rangers best goalie in conference finals, Oilers worst, etc.

Extremely poor comparison.

 

[Just Rude]

and it took you an hour to write that!

It takes you an hour to write a couple hundred words? Are you six?

 

[WaitingForUser]

Only Kucherov, Pastrnak and Panarin

With all due respect to those players only Wayne and Mario have a better PPG in the playoffs than McDrai do. And this the first time those two have been this far

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

Rangers had everything Edmonton does sans McDrai. They had Shesterkin. Still got beat in 6 (should have been 5 games max).

I don't see how this is a good matchup for Edmonton.

"The Oilers will be lucky to win 1 game against Dallas."

Got any more great predictions for us?

 

[LaCarriere]

Part of me wants Edmonton to win, so McDavid gets his cup, and I can see all the Leaf fans cry and make up every excuse in the world for why Edmonton won before them. The refs, the draft was rigged, they needed all those first OAs to win, etc. It would be hilarious.

Then the other part of me wants to see Florida win, just to keep the streak of no Canadian team winning since '93 alive.

I feel either way I can celebrate something.

 

[Ratsreign]

The South Florida Diving Team aren't going to like that.
The South Florida Cheapshot Artists however will.

At least the Rangers fans stopped with all of the whining about dirrrrty cats right after being eliminated.

 

[Senor Catface]

What? The teams are nothing alike. For example, Rangers have had poor advanced stats, while Oilers have had amazing ones. Oilers have had amazing PP, Rangers terrible. Rangers best goalie in conference finals, Oilers worst, etc.

Extremely poor comparison.

What are you talking about? They both use skates and sticks to play hockey!

 

[CanePanther]

Cats have done a good job of keeping away from dumb penalties we have to keep them off the PP we win going away if we play smart. GO Cats !

 

[Skolman]

The Oilers are pretty screwed unless the Panthers have a meltdown. I'm surprised by the poll but then I reminded myself there's a lot of oiler fans and several rooting for them.


I would guess Panthers open at -200 probably start series at -300.

Dallas in 5 though, right?

Keep doubting

 

[Senor Catface]

It takes you an hour to write a couple hundred words? Are you six?

Leaf or Canucks fan? There is no way you aren't one of the two.

 

[Sidgeni Malkby]

I honestly don't know which way this is going to go, now who I would prefer that win. Part of me wants the Oilers to take it, as it's fitting a player at the level of McDavid needs to win the cup.

Regular season heavily favors the Panthers, and they won head-to-head matches convincingly. If anything, the way rules are enforced in the playoffs, it favors Florida.

However, it seems the Oilers have evolved in the playoffs, so who knows.

After all of this...even me preferring Oilers win, I voted Florida in 6.

 

[MacMacandBarbie]

Dallas didn't shut you down, lol, you stopped playing offense after 20 minutes, and held on for dear life.

His goal was great, still doesn't make it an all time performance. Skinner was the best Oiler on the ice, they left him out to dry.

Also Drai looks like he is nursing something, passing up every shot opportunity.

I am a Blues fan and just appreciating greatness, so you can stop with the flag waving.

His goal was legendary, and his play to set up hyman going into the zone was amazing, then drew the 2 defenders over and made that tape to tape pass. It was a beauty. There was a great breakdown of McDavid's zone entries, basically it was all on him to give the defense different looks.

Again, McDavid's line generated 6 shots and 2 goals, all on the back of excellence from McDavid. That is a legendary performance.

Those shots by Dallas were ass, mostly predictable perimeter shots, and the dangerous shots missed their mark. Some people actually don't watch the games.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

If the Panthers stay out of the box, I expect they'll find a way to win.
If the refs are calling a lot, Oilers have a huge advantage.

 

[Chaos2k7]

What? The teams are nothing alike. For example, Rangers have had poor advanced stats, while Oilers have had amazing ones. Oilers have had amazing PP, Rangers terrible. Rangers best goalie in conference finals, Oilers worst, etc.

Extremely poor comparison.

The Rangers had the best PP in the league this year, they won the President's trophy with a +1 differential 5v5, lol

 

[Chaos2k7]

I am a Blues fan and just appreciating greatness, so you can stop with the flag waving.

His goal was legendary, and his play to set up hyman going into the zone was amazing, then drew the 2 defenders over and made that tape to tape pass. It was a beauty. There was a great breakdown of McDavid's zone entries, basically it was all on him to give the defense different looks.

Again, McDavid's line generated 6 shots and 2 goals, all on the back of excellence from McDavid. That is a legendary performance.

Those shots by Dallas were ass, mostly predictable perimeter shots, and the dangerous shots missed their mark. Some people actually don't watch the games.

Agree to disagree, hell Chris Kreider had a better clinching game a round ago versus Carolina.

McDavid deserves boatloads of credit, so there is no need to claim the extraordinary to boost him up, he is great without the hyperbole.

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

38 pages of insufferable-ness.

No one knows wtf is going to happen too many variables. That’s why we watch the sport.

Except the caps losing to NYR we all saw that a mile away.

 

[WaitingForUser]

The Rangers had the best PP in the league this year, they won the President's trophy with a +1 differential 5v5, lol

The Oilers PP is a completely different beast though. We are talking about the greatest PP in NHL history. Add to that possibly the most dominant PK in Stanley cup playoff history and all of a sudden the Oilers chances look way better.

 

[Coffey]

It takes you an hour to write a couple hundred words? Are you six?

You don't know where Edmonton is, are we actually doing this?

 

[Ratsreign]

Part of me wants Edmonton to win, so McDavid gets his cup, and I can see all the Leaf fans cry and make up every excuse in the world for why Edmonton won before them. The refs, the draft was rigged, they needed all those first OAs to win, etc. It would be hilarious.

Then the other part of me wants to see Florida win, just to keep the streak of no Canadian team winning since '93 alive.

I feel either way I can celebrate something.

Pssst....a FL win would also somewhat trigger the Leafers

 

[Coffey]

Pssst....a FL win would also somewhat trigger the Leafers

Then it's a win/win

 

[MacMacandBarbie]

Agree to disagree, hell Chris Kreider had a better clinching game a round ago versus Carolina.

McDavid deserves boatloads of credit, so there is no need to claim the extraordinary to boost him up, he is great without the hyperbole.

He is great because of things like last night, and you clearly have some sort of agenda with these ridiculous statements propping Chris Kreider above McDavid.

McDavid was the best player on the ice last night by a wide margin in an elimination game on the biggest stage. He not only created all of the offense for the oilers, but he was excellent all over the ice. Those are the facts, and the stage he did it on makes it a legendary performance.